A Million Tons Of Sand
12 March 2002 - 10:00am
Miami Beach has found a new source of sand to replenish the city's northern shoreline.
"The $25 million, 450-mile haul would be one of the most imaginative ways a local government has sought to import sand, beach erosion specialists say... The city wants to ship 1 ½ million tons of sand clogging the Appalachicola River in Northwest Florida to Miami Beach to build up North Beach's shores, long considered an erosion hot spot."
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Miami Beach eyes river's sand
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The Miami Herald, March 11, 2002
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